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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. lofty in style;
- Example: "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
[syn: grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Magniloquent \Mag*nil"o*quent\, a. [L. magnus great + loquens, -entis, p. pr. of loqui to speak. See Magnitude, Loquacious.] Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent. -- Mag*nil"o*quent*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

magniloquent adj 1: lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" [syn: grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall]